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Hideo Kojima’s Studio Partners with Niantic Spatial on Enigmatic AR Game of the “near future”

Hideo Kojima’s production company and Niantic Spatial released a new teaser showing off a concept for an AR game that the studios see as a “significant moment for both companies.” The teaser, seen below, follows a player wearing a futuristic pair of augmented reality glasses, and traversing a very Death Stranding-inspired landscape. “A new dawn. […]

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Apple Continues Investment in Exclusive Immersive Content for Vision Pro

Apple announced its next slate of immersive films for Vision Pro, coming from Audi F1 Project, the BBC, CANAL+, CNN, HYBE, MotoGP, and Red Bull. The company says its next batch of immersive documentaries are set to launch in the coming months alongside. There are however two new films available today: the next episode of Apple […]

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Pimax Delays Dream Air and Dream Air SE to December, SLAM Versions Likely to 2026

Pimax issued an update detailing its upcoming fleet of micro-OLED PC VR headsets, which also included info on a delay affecting its thin and light headsets, Dream Air and Dream Air SE. The update, seen at the bottom of the article, details three products Pimax is preparing to ship: Dream Air – Thin and light PC […]

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Samsung Android XR Headset Rumored to Release Next Month, Undercutting Apple Vision Pro

Samsung could be launching its Project Moohan mixed reality headset next month, according to a report from South Korea’s ETNews (Korean), which hopes to take on Apple Vision Pro in the prosumer XR segment. Citing industry sources, ETNews maintains that Samsung’s Mobile Experience division will unveil Moohan (Korean for ‘Infinite’) online on October 21st—likely in the morning of […]

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Quest is Getting an Official ‘Discord’ App Next Year

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said last May that he would “love” for Quest to have some sort of Discord integration, although it seemed it was up to Discord to make the first move. At Connect this week, Meta announced Discord is officially coming to Quest next year. While Quest users can technically log into Discord […]

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Exclusive 3D Trailer of ‘Avatar 3’ on Quest Teases a Possible Full Release on the Headset

During Meta Connect this week, the company released an exclusive 3D trailer of James Cameron’s upcoming film Avatar: Fire and Ash. There’s no confirmation yet that we’re getting the full thing, although Cameron is enthusiastic about Quest’s ability to open up new distribution models. The short trailer is now available on Meta Horizon TV until September 21st, which the […]

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Why Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Failed on Stage at Connect

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote at this year’s Connect wasn’t exactly smooth—especially if count two big hiccups that sidetracked live demos for both the latest Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses. Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) smart glasses essentially bring the same benefits as Oakley Meta HSTN, which launched back in […]

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New Meta Developer Tool Enables Third-parties to Bring Apps to its Smart Glasses for the First Time

Today during Connect, Meta announced the Wearables Device Access Toolkit, which represents the company’s first steps toward allowing third-party experiences on its smart glasses. If the name “Wearables Device Access Toolkit” sounds a little strange, it’s for good reason. Compared to a plain old SDK, which generally allows developers to build apps for a specific device, […]

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Meta Confirms Third-party Horizon OS Headsets Are Still Coming – But When?

Meta announced in early 2024 it was planning to release Horizon OS beyond Quest in an apparent bid to become the ‘open’ alternative to Apple’s staunchly monolithic Vision OS. While this year’s big Connect reveals are behind us—with no announcements for new XR headsets to speak of—the company confirmed with Road to VR that partner devices […]

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Meta Says New ‘Horizon Worlds’ Engine Update Brings Faster Loading and Up to 100 Concurrent Users

Today at Connect, Meta said it’s rolling out an updated version of the engine that powers Horizon Worlds. The new tech will purportedly speed up loading of Horizon Worlds spaces and allow up to 100 users in a single space. The new tech, which Meta is calling the ‘Horizon Engine’ is said to be replacing the […]

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